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CLINTON, Maine — Richard Lary says he always wanted a trout pond on his Clinton farm. Maybe he’d catch a few for dinner some evenings. Perhaps he’d invite friends over to fish. And whether those trout...
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2013/05/15 05:23
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SABATTUS — Despite a turbulent past in Sabattus Pond, alewives poured from the back of a Department of Marine Resources truck Tuesday morning. Alewives, a type of herring, have been native to Maine...
2013/05/14 23:16
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BANGOR, Maine — A Superior Court judge affirmed most of the Clifton planning board’s October 2011 decision to approve a $25 million wind farm on Pisgah Mountain, but also remanded the matter back to...
2013/05/14 02:15
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ROCKLAND, Maine — The Maine Department of Environmental Protection is warning the city that it faces legal action including financial penalties for problems with its sewer system that allow too much...
2013/05/14 01:23
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LIVERMORE — Brush and large amounts of asphalt shingles will not be accepted at the town's Transfer Station. The Solid Waste Board agreed not to pursue adding a separate asphalt shingle container at...
2013/05/13 00:15
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BANGOR, Maine — The illegal act of discharging old water from an inground pool on Falvey Street directly into a nearby catch basin for the city’s most polluted waterway earlier this month, led the...
2013/05/08 20:22
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TREMONT — Selectmen on Monday gave unanimous support to contributing $5,000 to a summer reading program sponsored by the Southwest Harbor Public Library. They also agreed to seek legal counsel on the...
2013/05/05 22:45
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... PMMessalonskee student selected for St. Petersburg ballet academy Gabrielle Perkins, 17, of Oakland, to attend Vaganova Ballet Academy, whose graduates include Vaslav Nijinsky, Rudolph Nureyev...
2013/05/03 04:23
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OXFORD — The town is expecting major economic development and work on sewage lines and a wastewater treatment facility will begin on the southern end of Route 26 to accommodate it. Construction of a...
2013/05/01 22:11
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Lee - Wind Farms have been popping up all around the pine tree state over the past few years. The Bowers Wind Project, which consists of 16-turbines atop Bowers Mountain in Carroll Plantation and...
2013/05/01 21:15
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ASHLAND, Maine — Legislation to increase the allowable truck weight limit by 100,000 pounds on just under a mile of roadway here could lead to the creation of 50 jobs or more at the former Fraser mill...
2013/05/01 11:23
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CLINTON — Richard Lary says he always wanted a trout pond on his Clinton farm. Maybe he’d catch a few for dinner some evenings. Perhaps he’d invite friends over to fish. And whether those trout were...
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LEE, Maine — A scenic impact expert testifying before the state’s top environmental agency on Tuesday said First Wind’s proposed wind project “comes as close as being unreasonably adverse” in its...
2013/05/01 00:26
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LEE, Maine (NEWS CENTER)-- First Wind is hoping for a second chance at developing a wind farm near Lee. The company has resubmitted an application to place sixteen turbines on top of Bowers Mountain....
2013/04/30 19:15
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LEE, Maine — Opponents and proponents have begun two days of public hearings before the state’s top environmental agency arguing the merits and problems with an industrial wind site proposed for...
2013/04/29 10:15
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FARMINGTON, Maine — Town, federal and state agencies agreed Friday to pursue a “hybrid” plan that incorporates logs and rocks to stop erosion along the Sandy River that threatens Whittier Road. With...
2013/04/25 20:16
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LEE, Maine — Five Maine environmental and health groups will support the proposed Bowers Mountain industrial wind site when the state’s top environmental agency reviews the project in a two-day public...
2013/04/25 17:17
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ROCKPORT, Maine — The removal of a 2002 Chevy Malibu from a more than 100-foot-deep water-filled quarry in Rockport was a success Thursday morning. The section of Main Street where the Simonton...
2013/04/24 16:23
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In the American Lung Association’s 14th annual “State of the Air” report, released Wednesday, none of Maine’s counties received a failing grade for air pollution, but some areas recorded spikes in...
2013/04/24 04:24
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A fire destroyed a multimillion-dollar wind turbine at the Kibby Mountain wind farm in northern Franklin County, which has generated concern about the safety and reliability of turbines, and the...